[SET]
Swords Dance (Bisharp) @ Life Orb / Black Glasses / Eviolite
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe or 52 HP / 244 Atk / 28 SpD / 184 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Bisharp is a fearsome wallbreaker and sweeper, utilizing its powerful STAB combination and decent defensive profile to threaten notable defensive staples such as Clefable, Aegislash, and Amoonguss. Besides serving as Bisharp's strongest STAB option to use against neutral targets such as Rotom-W, Celesteela, and Skarmory, Knock Off also comes with the benefit of removing held items from common switch-ins such as Buzzwole and Ting-Lu, which allows Bisharp to more easily break past them later. Sucker Punch is a powerful priority move that lets Bisharp threaten more offensive teams, notably KOing common attackers such as Iron Boulder and Mega Gardevoir after minimal chip damage or Swords Dance, respectively. Iron Head is Bisharp's strongest STAB option against Mega Venusaur, common Z-Move users such as Hydrapple, and Fairy-types like Clefable and Tapu Fini. An Adamant nature maximizes Bisharp's power, securing 2HKOs on physically defensive Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Hippowdon after Swords Dance. Alternatively, a Jolly nature lets Bisharp get the jump on faster Rotom-W variants as well as Aegislash with a Speed-boosting nature. Life Orb is Bisharp's item of choice for powering up all of its moves, ensuring that +2 Knock Off can OHKO the bulkiest Rotom-W while giving +2 Iron Head good odds to OHKO offensive Mega Venusaur after Stealth Rock. Alternatively, Black Glasses forfeits the added power on Iron Head in favor of avoiding recoil damage; it should be noted that the power boost it provides on Bisharp's Dark-type attacks can still be crucial, notably allowing it to secure the OHKO on Mega Gallade, Mega Aerodactyl, and utility Excadrill with +2 Sucker Punch. Finally, Eviolite can be used if the added power of the aforementioned options isn't a concern. The added defensive security lets Bisharp survive attacks such as Enamorus's Earth Power and Choice Scarf Hydreigon's Fire Blast from full HP. Additionally, if Bisharp runs the alternative EV spread, it can also take on Excadrill's Earthquake after Stealth Rock and Iron Moth's Fiery Dance while still outpacing Adamant Tyranitar. With its combination of offensive traits, powerful priority, and typing, Bisharp fits on a variety of offense and hyper offense teams. Entry hazard setters such as Mold Breaker Excadrill, Ting-Lu, and Mew make for excellent pairings, as their ability to accrue chip damage on physically bulky Pokemon such as Skarmory, Tangrowth, and opposing Ting-Lu can help a boosted Bisharp break through them more easily; in return, Bisharp can use Defiant ability to capitalize on Defog from utility Serperior and Rotom-W, forcing them into uncomfortable situations. By extension, Ribombee is also a notable partner, as its Sticky Web support can let Bisharp outpace targets such as Life Orb Mienshao and Booster Energy Iron Moth, preventing them from being effective offensive checks. Other setup sweepers such as Autotomize Celesteela, Dragon Dance Mega Aerodactyl, and Swords Dance users such as Aegislash and Scizor work well with Bisharp: in tandem, they can assist each other in overwhelming shared defensive checks such as Ting-Lu, Buzzwole, and Hippowdon. Against more offensive teams, Aegislash and Scizor can also use their own priority attacks to weaken faster Pokemon like Keldeo, Hydreigon, and Okidogi to the pointwhere Bisharp can pick them off with Sucker Punch more easily.
[SET CREDITS]
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[SET]
Pursuit Trapper (Bisharp) @ Choice Band / Eviolite
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe or 52 HP / 244 Atk / 28 SpD / 184 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Pursuit
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
[SET COMMENTS]
With its good defensive typing and powerful Dark-type attacks, Bisharp is a prime user of Pursuit, able to trap offensive threats like Aegislash and Choice Band Iron Boulder as well as weakened defensive Pokemon like Slowking and Skeledirge. Notably, Bisharp also gains an Attack boost from Aegislash's King's Shield, courtesy of Defiant, making Bisharp much more reliable at trapping Aegislash as a result. Knock Off is Bisharp's strongest STAB option, and it removes held items, permanently crippling Dark-type checks such as Ting-Lu, Keldeo, and Buzzwole. Sucker Punch is a strong priority move that lets Bisharp threaten chipped offensive Pokemon such as Iron Moth, Thundurus, and Zeraora, and it can also OHKO Swords Dance Iron Boulder from full. Additionally, even though Psychic-type Pokemon like Mega Latias and Alakazam have the means to naturally outspeed and threaten Bisharp with Fighting-type coverage, the threat of being KOed by Sucker Punch in doing so means Bisharp can potentially Pursuit trap them as well. Iron Head provides Bisharp with a strong secondary STAB move that hits Fairy-type Pokemon like Clefable and Azumarill as well as other Pokemon that don't mind taking a Knock Off, like Mega Venusaur, for decent damage. Choice Band further inflates Bisharp's huge Attack stat, making it more difficult to check with Pokemon such as Amoonguss and Hippowdon while giving Bisharp an easier time eliminating bulkier targets like Aegislash and Slowbro with Pursuit. Maximum Attack and Speed investment in conjunction with an Adamant nature is used with Choice Band to make Bisharp as fast and strong as possible. However, a Jolly nature trades a portion of said attacking power in favor of outspeeding faster Rotom-W variants as well as Aegislash and Magnezone with Speed-boosting natures. On sets with Eviolite, an alternative EV spread of 52 HP / 244 Atk / 28 SpD / 184 Spe should be used to let Bisharp survive Excadrill's Earthquake after Stealth Rock and Iron Moth's Fiery Dance while still outpacing Adamant Tyranitar. Pursuit Bisharp is best used on bulky offense and balance teams as an offensive threat that also provides valuable utility against Aegislash as well as Psychic-types like Choice Band Iron Boulder, Slowbro, and Slowking, preventing them from making excessive progress throughout the match. Wallbreakers such as Mega Gardevoir, Keldeo, and Iron Moth benefit the most from this support, as Aegislash and several of the aforementioned Psychic-types are often used to answer them in some form. Bisharp removing these threats allows these wallbreakers to become far more offensively threatening, and in return, they can help Bisharp pressure physically defensive checks such as Buzzwole and Skarmory. While Bisharp possesses a strong Sucker Punch to threaten more offensive foes, it can also be quite unreliable, being resisted by common offensive threats such as Mienshao, Enamorus, and Keldeo, and it's easily taken advantage of by setup sweepers like Autotomize Celesteela and Booster Energy Iron Moth. For this reason, Bisharp pairs fantastically with speed control options such as Mega Aerodactyl, Zeraora, and Choice Scarf users like Enamorus that can help check these Pokemon. Lastly, defensive pivots such as Scizor, Rotom-W, and Slowbro are integral to Bisharp's success, allowing it to enter the field safely against its desired targets. Safe entry is especially important when factoring in how some of Bisharp's targets like Aegislash and Slowbro have the means to outright KO or cripple it with Close Combat and Scald burns, respectively, before it can be Pursuit trap them.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/iride.546157/
Quality checked by:
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Swords Dance (Bisharp) @ Life Orb / Black Glasses / Eviolite
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe or 52 HP / 244 Atk / 28 SpD / 184 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Bisharp is a fearsome wallbreaker and sweeper, utilizing its powerful STAB combination and decent defensive profile to threaten notable defensive staples such as Clefable, Aegislash, and Amoonguss. Besides serving as Bisharp's strongest STAB option to use against neutral targets such as Rotom-W, Celesteela, and Skarmory, Knock Off also comes with the benefit of removing held items from common switch-ins such as Buzzwole and Ting-Lu, which allows Bisharp to more easily break past them later. Sucker Punch is a powerful priority move that lets Bisharp threaten more offensive teams, notably KOing common attackers such as Iron Boulder and Mega Gardevoir after minimal chip damage or Swords Dance, respectively. Iron Head is Bisharp's strongest STAB option against Mega Venusaur, common Z-Move users such as Hydrapple, and Fairy-types like Clefable and Tapu Fini. An Adamant nature maximizes Bisharp's power, securing 2HKOs on physically defensive Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Hippowdon after Swords Dance. Alternatively, a Jolly nature lets Bisharp get the jump on faster Rotom-W variants as well as Aegislash with a Speed-boosting nature. Life Orb is Bisharp's item of choice for powering up all of its moves, ensuring that +2 Knock Off can OHKO the bulkiest Rotom-W while giving +2 Iron Head good odds to OHKO offensive Mega Venusaur after Stealth Rock. Alternatively, Black Glasses forfeits the added power on Iron Head in favor of avoiding recoil damage; it should be noted that the power boost it provides on Bisharp's Dark-type attacks can still be crucial, notably allowing it to secure the OHKO on Mega Gallade, Mega Aerodactyl, and utility Excadrill with +2 Sucker Punch. Finally, Eviolite can be used if the added power of the aforementioned options isn't a concern. The added defensive security lets Bisharp survive attacks such as Enamorus's Earth Power and Choice Scarf Hydreigon's Fire Blast from full HP. Additionally, if Bisharp runs the alternative EV spread, it can also take on Excadrill's Earthquake after Stealth Rock and Iron Moth's Fiery Dance while still outpacing Adamant Tyranitar. With its combination of offensive traits, powerful priority, and typing, Bisharp fits on a variety of offense and hyper offense teams. Entry hazard setters such as Mold Breaker Excadrill, Ting-Lu, and Mew make for excellent pairings, as their ability to accrue chip damage on physically bulky Pokemon such as Skarmory, Tangrowth, and opposing Ting-Lu can help a boosted Bisharp break through them more easily; in return, Bisharp can use Defiant ability to capitalize on Defog from utility Serperior and Rotom-W, forcing them into uncomfortable situations. By extension, Ribombee is also a notable partner, as its Sticky Web support can let Bisharp outpace targets such as Life Orb Mienshao and Booster Energy Iron Moth, preventing them from being effective offensive checks. Other setup sweepers such as Autotomize Celesteela, Dragon Dance Mega Aerodactyl, and Swords Dance users such as Aegislash and Scizor work well with Bisharp: in tandem, they can assist each other in overwhelming shared defensive checks such as Ting-Lu, Buzzwole, and Hippowdon. Against more offensive teams, Aegislash and Scizor can also use their own priority attacks to weaken faster Pokemon like Keldeo, Hydreigon, and Okidogi to the pointwhere Bisharp can pick them off with Sucker Punch more easily.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/iride.546157/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/danbear02.589016/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/powerofmemes.583607/
[SET]
Pursuit Trapper (Bisharp) @ Choice Band / Eviolite
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe or 52 HP / 244 Atk / 28 SpD / 184 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Pursuit
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
[SET COMMENTS]
With its good defensive typing and powerful Dark-type attacks, Bisharp is a prime user of Pursuit, able to trap offensive threats like Aegislash and Choice Band Iron Boulder as well as weakened defensive Pokemon like Slowking and Skeledirge. Notably, Bisharp also gains an Attack boost from Aegislash's King's Shield, courtesy of Defiant, making Bisharp much more reliable at trapping Aegislash as a result. Knock Off is Bisharp's strongest STAB option, and it removes held items, permanently crippling Dark-type checks such as Ting-Lu, Keldeo, and Buzzwole. Sucker Punch is a strong priority move that lets Bisharp threaten chipped offensive Pokemon such as Iron Moth, Thundurus, and Zeraora, and it can also OHKO Swords Dance Iron Boulder from full. Additionally, even though Psychic-type Pokemon like Mega Latias and Alakazam have the means to naturally outspeed and threaten Bisharp with Fighting-type coverage, the threat of being KOed by Sucker Punch in doing so means Bisharp can potentially Pursuit trap them as well. Iron Head provides Bisharp with a strong secondary STAB move that hits Fairy-type Pokemon like Clefable and Azumarill as well as other Pokemon that don't mind taking a Knock Off, like Mega Venusaur, for decent damage. Choice Band further inflates Bisharp's huge Attack stat, making it more difficult to check with Pokemon such as Amoonguss and Hippowdon while giving Bisharp an easier time eliminating bulkier targets like Aegislash and Slowbro with Pursuit. Maximum Attack and Speed investment in conjunction with an Adamant nature is used with Choice Band to make Bisharp as fast and strong as possible. However, a Jolly nature trades a portion of said attacking power in favor of outspeeding faster Rotom-W variants as well as Aegislash and Magnezone with Speed-boosting natures. On sets with Eviolite, an alternative EV spread of 52 HP / 244 Atk / 28 SpD / 184 Spe should be used to let Bisharp survive Excadrill's Earthquake after Stealth Rock and Iron Moth's Fiery Dance while still outpacing Adamant Tyranitar. Pursuit Bisharp is best used on bulky offense and balance teams as an offensive threat that also provides valuable utility against Aegislash as well as Psychic-types like Choice Band Iron Boulder, Slowbro, and Slowking, preventing them from making excessive progress throughout the match. Wallbreakers such as Mega Gardevoir, Keldeo, and Iron Moth benefit the most from this support, as Aegislash and several of the aforementioned Psychic-types are often used to answer them in some form. Bisharp removing these threats allows these wallbreakers to become far more offensively threatening, and in return, they can help Bisharp pressure physically defensive checks such as Buzzwole and Skarmory. While Bisharp possesses a strong Sucker Punch to threaten more offensive foes, it can also be quite unreliable, being resisted by common offensive threats such as Mienshao, Enamorus, and Keldeo, and it's easily taken advantage of by setup sweepers like Autotomize Celesteela and Booster Energy Iron Moth. For this reason, Bisharp pairs fantastically with speed control options such as Mega Aerodactyl, Zeraora, and Choice Scarf users like Enamorus that can help check these Pokemon. Lastly, defensive pivots such as Scizor, Rotom-W, and Slowbro are integral to Bisharp's success, allowing it to enter the field safely against its desired targets. Safe entry is especially important when factoring in how some of Bisharp's targets like Aegislash and Slowbro have the means to outright KO or cripple it with Close Combat and Scald burns, respectively, before it can be Pursuit trap them.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/iride.546157/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/danbear02.589016/
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